Secondary English language learning resources: sporting events

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Here is a bundle of five of my bestselling products looking at the following sporting events:
The Olympics
The Winter Olympics
The World Cup
In total, there are sixteen reading comprhehensions exploring the history of these sporting festivals, as well as looking at recent sporting stars like Usain Bolt, Simone Biles and Lionel Messi.
There is a big saving on offer for this bundle - ideal for those readers in your class who love sport!

One for the boys or girls in KS1 and KS2 who like football. This PDF file consists of 22 pages, all football related activities. The children are asked to research the internet after reading facts and information about the World Cup, its host and the teams involved. There are also a variety of numeracy and literacy activities including multiplication, division, function boxes,dictionary work, spelling activities and looking at healthy lifestyle and diet. There is also a drawing activity. This can be printed out as an individual booklet for each child.

ESL speaking lessons are topic based lessons. Each lesson comes with a wide range of activities to ensure sound development of fluency and accuracy of students. Instructions are clear and easy to follow. Activities are easy to implement. They don’t require any extra preparation, just print and go to teach.
ESL Speaking Lessons aim to meet CEFR B1/B2 level speaking goals. Therefore, lessons go well with students at these levels.
This particular lesson includes following activities:
-discussion questions
-writing
-dialog completion
-trivia quiz on sports

World Cup: Russia 2018: World Cup Hunt
Interactive PowerPoint quiz on the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Two sets of questions are included, but any set of questions would work with this.
https://vimeo.com/268401180

World Cup: Russia 2018: Deal or No Deal
Interactive PowerPoint game on the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
20 boxes/questions/multiple choice answers.
Based on the TV game show – Deal or No Deal.
https://vimeo.com/268092895

World Cup: Russia 2018: Odd One Out Quiz
Interactive PowerPoint quiz on the 32 the countries competing in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
36 questions/multiple choice answers.
https://vimeo.com/268079622

This football-language podcast looks back at the Champions League semi-finals
What a week of football we’ve had! On the show today, Damon and Damian review the footballing news, including Liverpool’s demolition job on Roma and semi-final ‘blues’. In the predictions section we focus on teams struggling to avoid the drop, and we have some football language, too – this week give the keeper the eyes. For those wishing to improve their English, there’s a transcript to the show below and if you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com

It’s the 2018 FA Cup Semis! Damon and Damian discuss both these two games taking place over the weekend, the footballing news from the week, including a title for Manchester City, some new football language ‘own goal‘ and we also manage to throw in a quiz question and some predictions too! For those wishing to improve their English, there’s a transcript to the show below and if you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com
This report includes a transcript with vocabulary support.

World Cup: Russia 2018: World Cup by Dice
A bundle of task/fact sheets o play World Cup by Dice; research and record information about the countries in competing for the World Cup and to display information.
https://vimeo.com/265900852

What a week in the Champions League quarter-final second legs! We take a look at some of the stories from those games in this week’s Learn English Through Football Podcast. We have a tricky quiz question, and also introduce some English for football phrases, including ‘to suffer a defeat’. We also have some exciting games to look forward to in our predictions section including Tottenham v Manchester City, at the end of the show.
This week’s podcast has a worksheet (with answers) and a transcript for learners and teachers to improve their language skills.

Something from the languagecaster archive (2010) - a reading worksheet on the language of transfers complete with answers and vocabulary explanations.
http://languagecaster.com/the-language-of-football-transfers-in-4-easy-steps/

This week’s football-language podcast looks back at the Champions League quarter-final first legs and the big derbies taking place over the weekend in the Premier League. We also have a quiz question, explain a new football expression – overhead kick – and try our hand at some predictions. For those wishing to improve their English, there’s a transcript to the show below and if you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com.

18 x ESL Conversation Activity Worksheets
No prep pair-work speaking activities.
Topics:
1) Music
2) Nations
3) Neighbours
4) Nature
5) Numbers
6) Personality
7) Politics
8) Religion
9) Routines
10) Science
11) Shopping
12) Sport
13) Technology
14) Television
15) Transport
16) Travel
17) Weather
18) Work
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using English
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Firstly, Secondly, Finally
However, On the other hand , Whereas
Furthermore, In addition, Moreover
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS

No prep pair-work speaking activity.
Topic of conversation: SPORT &amp; GAMES
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using English
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Firstly, Secondly, Finally
However, On the other hand , Whereas
Furthermore, In addition, Moreover
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS

What is in this bundle?
This bundle contains 20 full lessons on powerpoint with supporting worksheets, activities and videos for questions 2 - 5 of the AQA paper 1 exam. It also contains bite sized assessments for some of the tougher questions and independent study material. It contains a wide selection of texts and references from extracts from Divergent, Atonement, Dracula, Orwells 1984, Graham Greenes The Destructors and Stephens Kings The Body (Stand By Me). The total amount of the individual resources combined as a bundle is £53.00 but I’m willing to sell at £20, saving you 62%
What type of lessons are they?
My style is very much about class participation, student ownership of learning and quick pace. Lessons come with starters, plenaries, paired, group and independent activities which last from 5 /10 / 15 / 20 and 30 mins at a time. I teach 3 hour sessions therefore all lesson have enough material to fill 3 hours. I also like to base parts of my sessions around pop culture and current issues in order to engage students and demonstrate that English is not a subject or skill confined to the classroom but rather it is a life long skill with real relevance in the world. I also like English to have an element of fun and try to encourage students to have fun with language and encourage creativity. Many lessons cover a range of levels as I teach mixed level classes, I use supportive techniques such as sentence starters, word banks and peer assessment and self assessment.

This is a brilliant resource I have used with both GCSE and Functional English students to help them understand bias writing and inference. I have an FE background and so encouraged to embed English into other disciplines, this resource was initially used to teach dance students however I quickly found that students from almost any discipline responded to this resource and so its compatibility naturally grew. Therefore this resource can be used when teaching Paper 2 Question 3 with AQA GCSE English Language students or L2 FS. This resource uses a clip from Americas Best Dance Crew, this dance troop are diverse in culture, gender and age - as the youngest is only 15, knowing small details like this can help students confidence and can go a little way to helping to break down barriers of gender and culture. It also allows the teacher to expand on these ideas and themes if they so wanted to. This lesson uses group and team discussion, allows the students to share and build on their own ideas therefore encouraging independent discovery and learning and looks into biased writing, identifying biased language and phrases and ends with a final writing task of their own with a peer marking assessment. The identifying task is designed to challenge and there are words banks to support the weaker students. This resource can be altered and developed further to suit your course and / or students if desired. Hope it helps

I put this resource together as part of a package that I have created for the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. If you like this, and want more like it (with answers), then please take a look in my store.
A BIT ABOUT ME
Before teaching, I was a journalist. I still work as a freelance writer, and like nothing more than writing engaging texts to challenge and inspire children and young people. I choose subjects that may not be on the curriculum but are still of great importance for students to know about.
Everything I write has been comprehensively researched from a number of sources and been written by myself. No plagiarism here! This is all original material.
My questions are pitched at a high level, but with a bit of patience and persistence (and some adult help if necessary) most students will have great fun as they learn, especially as the penny drops
I am aware of the impact of printed resources on our environment so try to condense my reading activities into as compact a space as possible. Hopefully this will help you save time in printing, and keep the bills down!
Check out my store if you enjoy this – you’re sure to find more. Thanks!

This package on the 2018 Winter Olympics is full of interesting facts, stories and statistics which will inspire and challenge your students through a range of Common Core-aligned reading activities.
CONTENTS
South Korea
Comprehension questions based on South Korea, with a focus on its relationship with North Korea and some interesting facts about sweat and Gangnam Style!
Sports of the Winter Olympics
A guide to four prominent winter sports with some interesting questions based on photographs that refer to the text.
American Medal Hopes
A brief biography of four American medal prospects. As an activity, students have to match comments with the athletes, based on what they have learned from the text.
History of Winter Olympics
Tables and infographics containing statistics on where past games have been held and which nations and individuals have won the most medals. A series of number-based questions follow.
Unlikely Olympic Heroes
The wonderful stories of the Jamaican Bobsled team and Eddie the Eagle, who lit up the 1988 games in Calgary. Questions compare the stories, request students to identify the obstacles, and relate the stories to personal experience.
A BIT ABOUT ME
Before teaching, I was a journalist. I still work as a freelance writer, and like nothing more than writing engaging texts to challenge and inspire children and young people. I choose subjects that may not be on the curriculum but are still of great importance for students to know about.
Everything I write has been comprehensively researched from a number of sources and been written by myself. No plagiarism here! This is all original material.
My questions are pitched at a high level, but with a bit of patience and persistence (and some adult help if necessary) most students will have great fun as they learn, especially as the penny drops
I am aware of the impact of printed resources on our environment so try to condense my reading activities into as compact a space as possible. Hopefully this will help you save time in printing, and keep the bills down!
Check out my store if you enjoy this – you’re sure to find more. Thanks!

ESL Vocabulary - The World Cup
Just a short, fun quiz for students interested in the World Cup.
Included:
- PDF printable.
- PDF to fill in online/on the computer
- PDF with answers
*If there were any mistakes, please let me know :)

This reading comprehension is aimed at 8-13 year olds, and focuses on the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea.
Your students will find out about this exciting sporting festival. They will learn through a range of retrieval and literal questions, using skills to skim and scan the text.
The text includes information about:
The 2018 games
PyeongChang
The Olympic torch
The mascot for the 2018 games
Thanks for your interest!

This MEGA Winter Olympic Games Bundle has everything you need to make a fun and engagin unit before, during and after the Olympic game period. It includes 3 writing activities, math challenges, stem activities, and other fun stuff.
Winter Olympics CSI: The Case of the Missing Gold Medal STEM activity
This CSI themed multiplication and division activity will engage students by taking them on a journey to solve Winter Olympic Games math problems and puzzles. Students narrow down the suspects by completing the activities and marking them off from the suspect list until one person is left. Who stole the Gold Medal?
This case includes
Clue 1: Solving Division Problems
Clue 2: True or False Multiplication
Clue 3: Multiplication and Division Sequence
Clue 4: Moving up and down 10's, 100's amd 1000's
Clue 5: Multiplication and Division Cryptogram
Winter Olympic Games South Korea PyeongChan 2018 Narrative Writing Scenario
Winter Olympics in PyeongChan is upon us. This Visually stunning writing scenario takes the audience on a journey to the Olympics in first person.
Included in this pack is a PowerPoint Presentation to show your students. The bigger the screen the better as these are high quality images. During the show, students discuss and fill in the 5 senses chart provided. These notes will help direct the students in their writing with a vocabulary rich story.
Winter Olympic Games South Korea PyeongChan 2018 Newspaper Writing Scenario
Winter Olympics in PyeongChan is upon us. This Visually stunning writing scenario takes the audience on a journey to the PyeongChan Winter Olympics as a Newspaper reporter. During this presentation an Ice Hockey game is played out, with one country accused of cheating. Everything is included in this pack to make every student successful.Photos are taken and quotes are given.
Included in this pack is a PowerPoint Presentation to show your students. The bigger the screen the better as these are high quality images. During the show, students discuss and fill in the graphic organizers that are included. These notes will help direct the students in their writing with a detailed, accurate and rich story. Then complete the included newspaper templates.
STEM Winter Olympic Raising the Flag 2018: Engineering Math Challenge
The Winter Olympics is here
This STEM challenge includes both an engineering challenge and sheets for students to work out the median, mean, range and mode in the context of creating a flag pole that raises the Olympic flag the highest. Students are asked to both record and graph their results.
This challenge is perfect for the Olympic games and includes everything you need to actively engage your students in team work.
Winter Olympic Games South Korea PyeongChan 2018 Word Search Find
A word find with the Winter Olympic Sports to be found. A great fill in time for winter or a lead in for a bigger project.
Winter Olympic Games South Korea PyeongChan 2018 Hundreds Chart Hidden Picture
This fun Winter Olympic hidden picture will engage and excite your students. Everything you need is included. Just print and go. No preparation required.
This pack includes 2 Olympic themed Hundreds Chart Hidden Pictures. They include the rings and the torch
STEM Winter Olympic The Luge 2018: Engineering Math Challenge
This STEM challenge includes both an engineering challenge and sheets for students to work out the median, mean, range and mode in the context of creating the fastest Luge.. Students are asked to both record and graph their results.
This challenge is perfect for the Olympic games and includes everything you need to actively engage your students in team work.

Winter Olympics in PyeongChan is upon us. This Visually stunning writing scenario takes the audience on a journey to the Olympics in first person.
Included in this pack is a PowerPoint Presentation to show your students. The bigger the screen the better as these are high quality images. During the show, students discuss and fill in the 5 senses chart provided. These notes will help direct the students in their writing with a vocabulary rich story.
Enjoy!!!

Winter Olympics in PyeongChan is upon us. This Visually stunning writing scenario takes the audience on a journey to the PyeongChan Winter Olympics as a Newspaper reporter. During this presentation an Ice Hockey game is played out, with one country accused of cheating
. Everything is included in this pack to make every student successful.Photos are taken and quotes are given.
Included in this pack is a PowerPoint Presentation to show your students. The bigger the screen the better as these are high quality images. During the show, students discuss and fill in the graphic organizers that are included. These notes will help direct the students in their writing with a detailed, accurate and rich story. Then complete the included newspaper templates.
Please take a look at my other Winter Olympic writing scenario’s.
Enjoy!!!

Tutor Time: Football: World Cup 2018: Countries Quiz
PowerPoint quiz: 35 questions on the World Cup countries,
It’s less than one year from the next World Cup.
This quiz covers the countries that will compete for in Russia for the trophy.

A free weekly football-language podcast for learners of English who love the beautiful game of football.
On this week’s football-language podcast we look back at a wonderfully exciting set of World Cup qualifiers that took place over the past ten days. We also introduce two new football-language phrases connected to those World Cup qualifiers including ‘results go your way‘. We also look ahead to a new round of matches from the Premier League this weekend including the big game between Liverpool and Manchester United which of course will feature in our regular football predictions competition. For those who wish to practise their English, there is a transcript below to help with reading and listening

This free weekly football-language podcast is for those students who love football and wish to improve their English-language skills.
This week’s Learn English Through Football Podcast starts off with the good, the bad and the ugly stories from the footballing world, then explains some football phrases, and finishes off with some predictions from the Premier League. This week, the focus is on the Man United v Spurs game. For those who wish to practise their English, there is a transcript to help with reading and listening.

This exciting lesson is designed to help students prepare for paper 1 question 1 from the AQA English Language exam - spec 8700. It's primary focus is to help students gain a understanding of inference and how to use it in a structured answer for the exam. This is done by weaving activities focused on PQI (POINT, QUOTE, INFERENCE) around clips from the Tom Hardy movie &quot;Warrior&quot; (cert 12A) in where we look the Character of Tommy, played by Tom Hardy, and use inference to examine what kind of person he is. This lesson uses bite sized activities to keep the lesson moving forward at a good pace and to engage the students, this includes team activities and class discussions. The lesson includes some high level analysis of the character of Tommy and low level activities to help those who have mixed level classes reach all students. Hope it helps

Get poetry flowing in every season with our bundle of popular resources of poetry to see you through the year! Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter plus some seasonal extras are all covered in one handy bundle usually worth nearly £30!
Included in this pack:
- Spring Poetry
- Easter Poems
- Summer Poetry
- Seaside Poetry
- Summer Sports
-Autumn Poetry
-Bonfire Poems
-Christmas Poetry
-New Year Poetry

Welcome back to the new season of football language podcasts from Languagecaster – this is our 11th year. This weekend sees the start of some of the European football leagues, the Community Shield in England and of course the final of the Women’s European Championship in the Netherlands and we’ll be looking ahead to those games in this week’s show. We’ll also be explaining some football words and phrases – the verb to fancy, the phrase financial fair play and the nickname the Lionesses – asking a quiz question and of course talking about our predictions for the big games from this weekend. There is also a transcript for those who wish to practise their reading and listening skills

Summer 2017; Quiz: Football: Premier League Towns and Cities
30 questions on the geography and history of the towns and cities of the 20 clubs that will compete in the Premier League during the 2017-18 season.